Update on the Thai Airways thing - my sister didn't get her ticket. Apparently they refused to take any money for the tickets saying it was obviously a mistake. Nice try, sis.

There's a thread on the Ninjatune.net forum - what are the top 5 Xen albums. It's a tricky question and I've given it some thought. Mine are

• Coldcut - Let Us Play
  
• DJ Food - Kaleidoscope
  
• Bonobo - Animal Magic
  
• Kid Koala - Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
  
• Cold Krush Cuts - Coldcut and DJ Food Fight

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Amsterdam was fantastic. The weather was lovely (could have been just a little bit warmer) and we got to see and do loads. Seems like every time I go there I learn something new. Like this time we went to Vondelpark which I never knew about before, but it's great.

Picked up some bargain CDs in the airport, all stuff that I wanted. Got a copy of the AON / Claude Debussy on CD for about a quid - I bought it on MD off eBay for �3 a while ago... Bloody brilliant album.

My sister rang me last night to tell me about cheap flights to Thailand. Apparently her and a load of others had been to the Thai Airways site (thaiairways.com) and booked ridiculously cheap flights - she got a First Class return to Bangkok for �55! By the time I got to try, the fares were an entirely sensible(?) �6,500. I think she may have taken advantage of a similar situation to the Amazon.co.uk / iPaq story in March. I don't expect she'll get the tickets - Thai Airways stand to lose an absolute fortune on this.

I've mangled my PC so that The Sims won't run on it anymore. Don't know why, I've tried completely removing it (deleting all files and running the 'simerase' util off the CD), rebooting and re-installing. Setup finishes ok, I can launch the game but when I get to the first 'game' screen, it dumps me back to Windows. Ah well, I can live without.

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